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IT CHANCED THEY SAY, UPON A DAY, 
A FURLONG FROM THE TOWN, 

THAT SHE WAS STROLLING UP THE WAY 
AND HE WAS STROLLING DOWN; 



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SHE HUMMING LOW AS MIGHT BE SO. 

A DITTY SWEET AND SMALL; 
HE WHISTLING LOUD A TUNE YOU KNOW, 
THAT HAD NO TUNE AT ALL. 
IT HAPPENED SO, PRECISELY SO, 
AS ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS KNOW 




AS 1 AND YOU PERHAPS WOULD 00, 




THEY GAZED UPON THE GROUND; 




3UT WHEN THEY'D GONE A YARD OR TWO. 




OF COURSE THEY BOTH LOOKED ROUND. 




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AS I AND YOU PERHAPS WOULD OO, 
THEY GAZED UPON THE GROUND; 

BUT WHEN THEY'D GONE A YARO OR TWO. 
OF COURSE THEY BOTH LOOKED ROUND. 




THEY BOTH WERE PAINED, THEY BOTH EXPLAINED 

WHAT CAUSED THEIR EYES TO ROAM; 
AND NOTHING AFTER THAT REMAINED 
BUT HE SHOULD SEE HER HOME. 
IT HAPPENED SO, PRECISELY SO, 
AS ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS KNOW. 




NEXT DAY TO THAT T'WAS COMMON CHAT, 

ADMITTING NO DEBATE, 
A BONNET CLOSE BESIDE A HAT 

WAS SITTING ON A GATE. 




A MONTH, NOT MORE, HAD BUSTLED O'ER. 

WHEN, BRAVING NOD ANO SMILE, 
ONE BLUSHING SOUL CAME THROUGH THE DOOR 
WHERE TWO WENT UP THE AISLE. 
IT HAPPENED SO, PRECISELY SO, 
AS ALL THEIR FRIENDS ANO NEIGHBORS KNOW. 



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